Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
Summary
Employing numerous examples of classic British design, Designing Modern Britain delves into the history of British design culture, and thereby tracks the evolution of the British national identity.
Contents
Designing Modern Britain Cover; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Modernity and Tradition: Late Victorian and Edwardian Design; 2 'Englishness' and Identity: Design in Early Twentieth-century Britain; 3 'Going Modern, but Staying British': Design and Modernisms, 1930 to 19501; 4 Designing the 'Detergent Age': Design in the 1950s and '60s; 5 The Ambiguities of Progress: Design from the Late 1960s to1980; 6 'I Shop Therefore I Am':Design since the '80s; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.